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Controversial works at a historic fishing bothy in an unspoiled Moray beach have been halted after the council stepped in.

A PICTURESQUE area of Roseisle Country Park looks "bombed", locals say, after work starts on turning a ruined fishing bothy into a holiday home.

Belfast Magistrates' Court heard Kevin Phillips has no memory of carrying out the attack on the woman. The 34-year-old, of Sliabh Dubh Lane in the city, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and two counts of common assault. Police called to the scene in the early hours of December 6 last year discovered the victim bruised with a large bump on her head. The woman told officers that she had gone up to bed following a row with Phillips. "She stated that he came up to the bedroom, kicked her to the stomach and then returned on a second occasion and punched her to the forehead," Crown lawyer Eoin Mac...

A man who punched and kicked screens and windows at a hotel in Belfast city centre has been jailed for six months. Gary O'Hara also knocked over a plant pot at the Ramada and lashed out at a PSNI officer amid attempts to arrest him. The 29-year-old, of Rossnareen Avenue in the city, was convicted of criminal damage, attempted criminal damage, assault on police and disorderly behaviour. Belfast Magistrates' Court heard police were called to the hotel on Talbot Street at around 6.30am on August 13 last year. Prosecution barrister Eoin Macdonald said: "Mr O'Hara had punched the perspex screen at...

Northern Ireland Plans for a tunnel between Northern Ireland and Scotland being explored A team at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland is exploring the possibility of a "submerged floating tube bridge" between Northern Ireland and Scotland. IrishCentral Staff Facebook Comments Plans are reportedly being explored by a team in Edinburgh regarding a floating tunnel to link Northern Ireland and Scotland. Eoin MacDonald, a member of the team based at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, told The Times: "From an engineering perspective, an SFTB [submerged floating tube bridge] as ...